After being bitten by the 'carp bug' in Texas and during trips to Europe, Larysa Switlyk has traveled to such spots as Romania and Italy to participate in major carp tournaments.

Written by

Pete Johnson
| For FLORIDA TODAY

Larysa Switlyk is a 27-year-old charismatic woman from Sarasota with more outdoor adventures on six continents than most sportsmen and sportswomen experience in a lifetime.

Starting this summer, Switlyk will host a new 14-week outdoors TV series called "Larysa Unleashed," a show that will give viewers a fresh, youthful, female perspective to international fishing, hunting and other outdoor sports.